Edward G. "Buddy" LeRoux Jr. is a former club owner in American Major League Baseball. LeRoux, a general partner in the Boston Red Sox from 1978 through 1986, became a successful businessman after beginning his sporting career as an athletic trainer for the Boston Celtics, Boston Bruins and - from 1966 through 1974 - the Red Sox themselves. This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 4, 8, 9, 27, 42 Name Boston Red Sox (1908–present) Boston Americans (1901-1907) Ballpark Fenway Park (1912–present) Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds (1901-1911) Major league titles World Series titles (6) 2004... The following are the baseball events of the year 1978 throughout the world. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 8 - Willie McCovey is the only player elected this year to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America, and becomes the 16th player elected in his first year of eligibility. ... An athletic trainer (aka Sports Trainer) is an allied health care provider capable of performing immediate and emergency injury management, injury assessment, and rehabilitation. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

LeRoux invested in real estate and a series of physical therapy and rehabilitation hospitals during the 1970s and by 1977 he was a wealthy man - wealthy enough to assemble a group of investors seeking to purchase the Red Sox from Jean Yawkey, the widow of Tom Yawkey, the team's longtime owner who had died in 1976. LeRoux recruited Red Sox vice president Haywood Sullivan, one of Mrs. Yawkey's favorites among her husband's employees, as a member of his syndicate. In 1978, Mrs. Yawkey herself joined it as well, and when the American League approved the sale, the club had three general partners – LeRoux (in charge of business operations), Sullivan (general manager) and Mrs. Yawkey (club president). The following are the baseball events of the year 1977 throughout the world. ... Ted Williams & Tom Yawkey Thomas Austin Yawkey, born Thomas Austin (February 21, 1903 - July 9, 1976), was an American industrialist and Major League Baseball executive. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 14 - Ted Turner completes the purchase of 100 percent of the Atlanta Braves. ... Haywood Cooper Sullivan (December 15, 1930, Donalsonville, Georgia - February 12, 2003, Fort Myers, Florida) was an American catcher, manager, general manager and club owner in Major League Baseball. ... American League The American League (or formally the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs) is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball in the United States of America and Canada. ... In Major League Baseball, the General Manager of a team typically controls player transactions and bears the primary responsibility on behalf of the ballclub during contract discussions with players. ...

But LeRoux and his limited partners grew restive when the Red Sox fell from contention and attendance dropped at Fenway Park. Part of the club's decline was due to fiscal belt-tightening and refusal to sign free agents, although it was not clear which general partner ordered the policy. In the event, in 1983, the team suffered its first losing campaign since 1966. That June, at a night benefitting former Red Sox star Tony Conigliaro, incapacitated at age 37 by a heart attack, LeRoux took advantage of a crowded press box by announcing that he and his limited partners were exercising an option in their partnership agreement to overthrow Sullivan and Yawkey and take command of the club. Boston called it the Coup LeRoux. “Fenway” redirects here. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 12 - Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America. ... This article is currently under construction // This year in baseball Events January 20 - The Baseball Writers Association of America voters elect Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame. ... Tony Conigliaro on the cover of Sports Illustrated. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

The two ousted general partners immediately filed suit against LeRoux, were granted an injunction, and then battled him in court over the next 12 months. The trial revealed unflattering details about all the principals and how the Red Sox were run, and in the end, LeRoux lost. He was removed as the team's vice president, administration, and his allies were purged from management. Within two years, Mrs. Yawkey had bought him out to become majority general partner in the team.

LeRoux then largely faded from the public eye, although for a time he did own Boston's Suffolk Downs thoroughbred racetrack. Starting Gate at Suffolk Downs. ...